澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 工作人员检测结果呈阳性 澳网热身赛暂停一天

In breaking news overnight — Victorian authorities have reintroduced coronavirus restrictions¹ after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive. Masks are now mandatory² inside. The cap on gatherings³ has been reduced and plans to bring three-quarters of Melbourne's workforce⁴ back to the office have been paused. The 26-year-old quarantine worker is a support officer in the Australian Open quarantine program and his diagnosis⁵ has forced up to 600 players and staff into temporary isolation⁶ until they return a negative test result. The Australian Open has shut down today's lead-up matches as a result.

Fire authorities in Western Australia say conditions are critical in the Perth hills with 300 firefighters battling strong winds as they attempt to save properties. There were more evacuations late yesterday as the warning area grew. 71 homes are confirmed to have been destroyed and locals expect more bad news today.

The prime minister has defended his delay in rebuking⁷ Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 throughout the pandemic. It follows a tense exchange in the corridors of parliament yesterday between Labor's Tanya Plibersek and Mr Kelly who's been promoting unproven COVID treatments on social media. Scott Morrison yesterday ordered him to stop and Mr Kelly has since issue an statement saying he support the government's vaccine⁸ rollout.

夜间突发新闻：因一名酒店检疫人员的检测呈阳性，维多利亚州有关部门重新实施了冠状病毒限制措施。该州要求室内必须佩戴口罩。集会人数的上限已经下调，同时，让墨尔本四分之三的员工重回办公室的计划也已暂停。检测呈阳性的检疫人员今年26岁，是澳网检疫项目的一名支持人员，他的确诊迫使多达600名球员和工作人员在收到阴性检测结果前暂时隔离。澳网因此暂停了今天的热身赛。

西澳大利亚州消防部门表示，珀斯山区的情况非常危急，300名消防队员正在与强风搏斗，试图抢救财产。随着警戒区的扩大，昨天晚些时候有更多人撤离。经证实，71所房屋已被毁，当地人预计今天会有更多坏消息。

澳大利亚总理为他没能及时指责自由党后座议员克雷格·凯利在新冠疫情期间散布有关新冠肺炎的错误信息一事进行辩护。昨日，工党议员坦尼娅·普利伯塞克和凯利在议会走廊进行了紧张的交流，凯利一直在社交媒体上推广未经证实的新冠肺炎疗法。斯科特·莫里森昨日要求他停止这种做法，凯利随后发表了一份补充声明，表示支持政府的疫苗行动。

1 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

2 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

3 gatherings   

聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集

参考例句：

• His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
• During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。

4 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

5 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。

6 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

7 rebuking   

责难或指责( rebuke的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Rebuking people who disagree with them. 指责和自己意见不同的人。
• We could hear the director rebuking Jim for being late from work again. 我们听得见主任在斥辞责吉姆上班又迟到了。

8 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。